A Little Country Creativity

11 posts from July 2013

07/18/2013

I am posting a little late today. We got in late last night then I had to be up early for the Stampin' Addicts Meet and Greet. :) It was a lot of fun and where I was in some of the planned swaps!! One of the swaps I was in was my fellow demo friend from MN Tanya!!! She hosted a masculine swap!!! I HAD to sign up for that because we all know how hard it is to come up with those darn guy ideas!!! lol Below was my haul :)

This was an AWESOME swap all the gals did a fantastic job!!! Lots of great ideas for me :) Below is one of the cards I swapped for just one of the groups that I was in!! It uses the Horse Frontier Stamp Set. I just love this stamp so much!!

My base is Midnight Muse. I cut a piece of Crumb Cake card stock and ran it through the Big Shot with the Argyle Embossing Folder. I cut a piece of Gumball Green card stock. I took the stamp from Horse Frontier Stamp Set; inked in Gumball Green and stamped onto the Gumball Green card stock. I cut a piece of Early Espresso card stock and punched one side out with the Scallop Trim Border Punch. I cut another piece of Midnight Muse card stock and glued it to the Crumb Cake card stock. I cut a piece of Soho Subway Designer Series Paper and glued it to the Crumb Cake card stock. I cut a piece of 3/8 Gumball Green Stitched Satin Ribbon and wrapped it around the center. I then glued the Crumb Cake card stock to the front of the Midnight Muse card. I cut a piece of Very Vanilla card stock. I took the stamp from Horse Frontier Stamp Set; inked in Early Espresso and stamped onto the Very Vanilla card stock. I attached it to the front of the card with Stampin' Dimensionals. Using the Big Shot and the Apothecary Accents Framelits I die cut out a piece of Very Vanilla card stock. I took the stamp from Horse Frontier Stamp Set inked in Midnight Muse and stamped onto the die cut. I attached with a Stampin' Dimensional. I then added a Neutrals Candy Dot to the die cut and some Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the Soho Subway Designer Series Paper.

07/17/2013

I thought I would share a couple pictures from Vegas!! One of the places we had to go check out was the Botanical Gardens at the Bellagio. The last two times I have been in Vegas is in the Spring and the gardner said they changed out the plants to match the season. So since it was July I really wanted to see what they had put out. WOW is it beautiful!!!

The pictures really don't do it justice. It is just gorgeous if you ever make it to Vegas go and check it out!! Today we make our way to Salt Lake City and tomorrow the Stampin' Up! Convention starts!!! It's been a lot of fun here in Vegas even with the 107 degree weather. lol Yesterday my mom and I did some of the shows. One of the shows we did was the Titanic display at the Luxor it was absolutely amazing!!!! I learned a lot about things that I didn't know. Unfortunately I don't have pictures to share as your not allowed to take pictures of the artifacts to help preserve them. The flash from the camera will break them down more. I highly recommend it they had a lot of items that they were able to recover from the wreckage.

07/16/2013

Sorry I didn't post yesterday. We woke up and wanted to get going since it was gonna be a hot one here. It was 107 yesterday!! Wowzier!! We got to Vegas really late Saturday night I had to drive through bad weather and then fight the wind so it was one very long day. lol It's been a lot of fun have been seeing all the sites!! lol Tomorrow we take off for Salt Lake City!!! Today's card I created this for Summer Fun On-line Class.
The class officially over but
you can still purchase the class and
get 14 fabulous and cute projects with step by step photos in a
down-loadable PDF along with Video Tutorials! This card I am sharing
uses the stamp set called By the Sea Shore.

My base is Whisper White card stock. I cut a piece of Gumball Green card stock then took the stamp from Everything Elanor Stamp Set; inked in Gumball Green and stamped onto the Gumball Green card stock. I cut a piece of So Saffron card stock and glued it to the center of the Gumball Green card stock. I then cut 3 different patterns of Tea for Two Designer Series Paper. Using the Big Shot and the Window Frames Collection Framelits; I die cut out a piece of Whisper White card stock. I then took the stamp from My Friend Stamp Set; inked in So Saffron and stamped onto the die cut piece of Whisper White card stock. I used the Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin' Pierce Mat and Festive Paper-Piercing Pack and pierced holes around the edge of the Whisper White card stock. I glued the Whisper White die cut to the left side of the Tea for Two Designer Series Paper. I wrapped some Calypso Coral Baker's Twine around the left side. I placed some Stampin' Dimensionals onto the back of the Gumball Green card stock and attached it to the front of the Whisper White card. I took the stamp from My Friend Stamp Set; inked in Calypso Coral then stamped onto a piece of Whisper White card stock. I cut it into a banner and attached across the Whisper White die cut. I added a Vintage Faceted Designer Button with a Double Baker's Twine bow to the left side. I added some Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the Tea for Two Designer Series Paper on the right side.

07/13/2013

Today's card I created this for Summer Fun On-line Class.
The class officially over but
you can still purchase the class and
get 14 fabulous and cute projects with step by step photos in a
down-loadable PDF along with Video Tutorials! This card I am sharing
uses the stamp set called By the Sea Shore.

My base is Marina Mist card stock. I cut a piece of Crumb Cake card stock. I ran it through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. I cut a piece of retired Parker's Pattern Designer Series Paper and glued it to the left side of the Crumb Cake card stock. I cut a piece of Very Vanilla card stock. I took the stamp from By the Tide Stamp Set; inked in Crumb Cake and stamped onto the Very Vanilla card stock around the edges. I took the stamp from Blooming Kindness Stamp Set; inked in Marina Mist and stamped onto the center of the Very Vanilla card stock. I sponged the edges of the Very Vanilla card stock with Crumb Cake ink. I then glued the Very Vanilla card stock to the center of the Crumb Cake card stock. I wrapped some 1/2 Very Vanilla Seam Binding and Linen Thread around the left side of the layers of card stock. I then tied a Linen Thread Bow around the ribbons. I placed Stampin' Dimensionals onto the back of the Crumb Cake card stock and attached to the front of the Marina Mist card. I took the stamps from By the Sea Shore Stamp Set; inked one in Crumb Cake and one in Marina Mist. I then stamped the shells onto some Very Vanilla card stock. I cut out the shells and sponged the edges with Crumb Cake ink. I attached them with Stampin' Dimensionals. To finish it off I added some Pearls Basic Jewels to the card front and shells.

07/12/2013

I am on my way!! Tonight I should hopefully arrive in Casper, Wyoming!! I've always wanted to visit there and now I can cross that off my bucket list! Every Friday I will be hosting the Scrapbook Saddle Up with
y'all!! It will feature a
scrapbook layout to a scrapbooking album
ideas along with tips, techniques and
etc!! If you have the new catalog you will notice that Stampin' Up! is
no longer selling some of the great scrapbook items. However you can
still use all the product in the catalog to still make your own one of
kind scrapbook pages!!! Today I am sharing a 6 x 6 page layout!
This page uses the Stamp Set Beautifully Baroque. I created this
to play along with a challenge for
my Fresh Cuts On-line Class. The class officially over but
you can still purchase the class and
get 14 fabulous and cute projects with step by step photos in a
downloadble PDF along with Video Tutorials!

Tip~ Place one of the layers of card stock off to one side to create a fun layout!

I cut a piece of Daffodil Delight card stock. I ran it through the Big Shot with the Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder. I cut a piece of Whisper White card stock for the photo mat. I cut a piece of Gumball Green card stock and punched one side out with the Scallop Trim Border Punch. I then wrapped a piece of Midnight Muse 3/8 Stitched Satin Ribbon around the left side of the page. I placed 3 1/8 Mini Silver Brads in the upper left hand corner. I took the stamps from Fabulous Phrases Stamp Set; inked in Midnight Muse and stamped onto some Whisper White card stock. I cut the sayings into strips then attached in the bottom right hand corner with Stampin' Dimensionals. I then added some Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the little sayings.

Tip~ Use phrase stamps to create a title on your layout like I did on this page.

07/11/2013

Today is my last day before I leave!!! I am so excited!! Don't forget to follow me on Twitter!! I won't be able to check in until Monday so I've scheduled blog posts hopefully they all post when they should!! lol Today's card I created this for Summer Fun On-line Class.
The class officially over but
you can still purchase the class and
get 14 fabulous and cute projects with step by step photos in a
down-loadable PDF along with Video Tutorials! This card I am sharing
uses the stamp set called Horse Frontier. I used it create some projects in the Summer Fun Class and I gotta say they rocked!! lol My friend ordered this set and let me borrow it and WOW it is an AWESOME set so I HAD to order it!! lol I also have listed this baby into my Etsy Store too!!!!!!!!

My base is Gumball Green card stock. I cut a piece of Early Espresso card stock and ran it through the Big Shot with the Argyle Embossing Folder. I cut a piece of the retired Tea for Two Designer Series Paper and glued it the left side of the Early Espresso card stock. I cut a piece of Crumb Cake card stock and ran it through the Big Shot with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder. I then brayed some Early Espresso ink across the Crumb Cake card stock. I cut another piece of the retired Tea for Two Designer Series Paper and glued it across the center of the Early Espresso card stock. I wrapped a piece of 7/16 Natural Trim around above the Tea for Two Designer Series Paper. Using the Big Shot and the Apothecary Accent Framelits I die cut out a piece of So Saffron card stock. I cut a piece of Very Vanilla card stock. I took the stamp from Horse Frontier Stamp Set; inked in Early Espresso and stamped onto the Very Vanilla card stock. I glued the die cut piece of So Saffron card stock to the back of the Very Vanilla card stock on the right side. I set a 1/8 Mini Silver Brad into the So Saffron card stock. I attached the Very Vanilla card stock with Stampin' Dimensionals to the front of the card. I took the stamp from Horse Frontier Stamp Set; inked in Crumb Cake and stamped onto a piece of Very Vanilla card stock. I punched it out using the Extra-Large Oval Punch. I attached with Stampin' Dimensionals on the bottom right corner. I set 3 1/8 Mini Silver Brads on the bottom of the Early Espresso card stock. I then placed Stampin' Dimensionals onto the back of the Early Espresso card stock and attached to the front of the Gumball Green card. To finish it off I added a Naturals Designer Button with a Linen Thread bow to the center.

07/10/2013

I am excited to announce Early Registration is now OPEN for the Rubber Redneck STAMPede “Fall Fest” Edition 2013!! The early price is $19.99, that is under $2 per day for 14 projects, with PDFS and Video Tutorials until September 6th, 2013. That is a $5 savings off
the regular price!!! On September 7th, 2013 the regular price for this
class $24.99. This is one event you DON’T want to miss!! These projects can be simply changed out to use any product you have on hand!!! If your a demo this class is for you! You can demo these projects for your workshops or do a stamp camp with them!!

Along
with the class I have 2 kit options available as well!! All kits will
need to be purchased by September 2nd, 2013 and will ship to you the
week of September 9th, 2013. Please note, after September 2nd the kits
will no longer be available for this class due to shipping time. Also
due to Stampin’ Up! policies I can only ship kits in the USA and no
stamped images will be included in the kits. To view more details about
the kit options, what is included and how you can get the “Fall Fest”
Edition Class for only $10 please visit HERE. Don’t forget about my Customer Rewards Program visit HERE for the details.

“Fall
Fest” Edition 2013 will be your creative inspiration for all your Paper
Craft Gifts, Stamp Camps and Classes!! This class will be sure to help
you with all those Fall and Halloween ideas and gifts for
friends, family, and customers! We will be creating projects using some
of the brand new products out of the 2013-2014 Holiday Catalog; as well
as some current favorites! We will be creating projects featuring the
following stamp sets: Harvest Thanks,and Halloween Bash; as well as
other products from the Stampin’ Up! Idea Catalog and Holiday Catalog!!

Please
note upon receival of payment I will email you on September 13th, 2013
after 7pm Central Time with your username, password and login
instructions. If you would like a different email address used instead
of your paypal account email please add the correct info in the notes of
the PayPal transaction.

You DO NOT want to miss this “Fall Fest” event! I’ve been busy
creating and designing 14 days of FABULOUS Projects for you! Each
project will have step by step instructions with photos in downloadable
PDF format along with video tutorials!! If you have purchased my past
online classes this is the same great value that you are accustomed to! Certain projects and tutorials will be available for individual sale at a later date.

There will be 3D items, scrapbook pages, cards, color combo challenges,
techniques and best of all PRIZES ranging from Stampin’ Up! product to
free classes!! That’s right, all of this in 14 days for the “Fall
Fest”online class!! WITH NO REPEATS!! Only current Stampin’ Up! products
will be used in these tutorials. Please note, I will be participating
along in the color challenges. Anything I make for the color challenges I reserve the right to post to the public.

Click HERE
to check out The Rubber Redneck STAMPede home page for all the
details!! If you have questions please feel free to email me
catrules97@yahoo.com.

Yesterday was a little hectic I had a major job to clean then afterwards had to run to my parents and fix the water softener and help my dad with some of the other plumbing. So I am posting this a day late. lol At least it happened before I left for my trip!! lol Over on the Rubber Redneck STAMPede
I have posted a new color challenge for you all!! I love this color
challenges and I hope you have time to play along!! If you would
like to play along and have a chance at the Blog Candy head on over to the Rubber Redneck STAMPede Site!!

07/08/2013

I leave in 4 days!!! Have I said how excited I am about this??? lol Today's card I created this for Summer Fun On-line Class.
The class officially over but
you can still purchase the class and
get 14 fabulous and cute projects with step by step photos in a
down-loadable PDF along with Video Tutorials! This card I am sharing
uses the stamp set called By the Tide. I love the little sea horse in this set!! I've added this card to my Etsy Store!!!

My base is Crumb Cake card stock. I cut a piece of Calypso Coral and Pool Party card stock. I ran the Pool Party card stock through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. I glued it to the left side of the of the Calypso Coral card stock. I cut a piece of Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack. I glued it towards the right side of the Calypso Coral card stock. I cut a piece of Whisper White card stock. I took the stamp fro By the Tide Stamp Set; inked in Crumb Cake and stamped on the left side of the Whisper White card stock. I took the stamp from By the Tide stamp Set; inked in Pool Party and stamped it across the bottom of the Whisper White card stock. I took the sea horse from By the Tide stamp set; inked in Calypso Coral and stamped onto the Whisper White card stock. I stamped another sea horse so I had two of them. I wrapped a piece of 7/16 Natural Trim Ribbon around the bottom of the Whisper White card stock. I then attached the Calypso Coral card stock to the front of the Crumb Cake card. I took the stamp from By the Tide Stamp Set; inked in Pool Party and stamped onto a piece of Whisper White card stock. I cut out the shell image and attached it to the card with a Stampin' Dimensional. I added a Basic Designer Button Silver with a Linen Thread Bow to the shell with a Glue Dot. I finished it off with adding some Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the card.

07/06/2013

I hope your having a great weekend so far! I am posting late today. I've been so busy the last few days working on swaps!! So excited about my trip!! I have a fun announcement to make today! I have set up a Twitter Account!! Well ok dh set it up for me. lol So be sure to follow me and I will be tweeting now :) You will also now notice if you hoover your mouse over my card images on my blog you will be able to pin them!! It's something my dh has been working on for a few days here. My blog is a custom design so I can't just add the regular widgets like everyone else. lol I know some of you have been requesting it and thanks for hanging in there with us. Huge thank you to my dh!! He rocks!!! So happy pinning and thanks for pinning :)

Ok onto the sharing already right! lol I created this for Summer Fun On-line Class.
The class officially over but
you can still purchase the class and
get 14 fabulous and cute projects with step by step photos in a
down-loadable PDF along with Video Tutorials! This card I am sharing
uses the stamp set called Bootiful Occasions. This card screams HOWDY to me :)

My base is Midnight Muse. I cut a piece of Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake card stock. I ran the Crumb Cake card stock through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. I cut 3 different patterns of the Parker's Pattern Designer Series Paper. I glued all the paper to the Very Vanilla card stock. I wrapped a piece of 3/8 Midnight Muse Stitched Satin Ribbon around the left side. I place Stampin' Dimensionals onto the back of the Very Vanilla card stock and attached to the front of the Midnight Muse card. I cut a piece of Very Vanilla card stock. I took the stamp from Bootiful Occasions Stamp Set; inked in Crumb Cake and stamped onto the Very Vanilla card stock. I punched a piece of Crumb Cake card stock with the Decorative Label Punch and attached to the Very Vanilla card stock. I placed a Antique Vintage Brad onto the left side of the Very Vanilla card stock. I then attached the Very Vanilla card stock with Stampin' Dimensionals to the center of the card. To finish it off I added some Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the card. If you would like to purchase this card I have it for sale in my Etsy Store!!!

07/04/2013

I am posting a little late today :) Happy 4th!! I am enabling you all today again!! Some people where bummed that Stampin' Up! didn't have a 4th of July Stamp Set in the catalog but they do....well I'll show you how to use a stamp set for the 4th!! Once you see it your gonna want this set too!!! bawawawa It is uses the stamp set called Words of Courage. This set is perfect for 4th of July I just combined a few other sets to make this card! I also listed this card for sale in my Etsy Store too in case you would like to own this beauty!!

My base is Midnight Muse. I cut a piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock and ran it through the Big Shot with the Argyle Embossing Folder. I cut a piece of Summer Starfruit card stock. I used the Scallop Trim Border Punch to punch one side of the Summer Starfruit card stock. I took the stamp from Background Builders Stamp Set; inked in Summer Starfruit and stamped onto the Summer Starfruit card stock. I then sponged the edges with Summer Starfruit ink. I cut a piece of Crumb Cake card stock. I took the stamp from Background Builders Stamp Set; inked in Crumb Cake and stamped onto the Crumb Cake ink. I sponged the edges with Crumb Cake ink. I cut a piece of Soho Subway Designer Series Paper and glued it to the left side. I cut a piece of Very Vanilla card stock. I took the En Francais Background Stamp; inked it in Crumb Cake and stamped onto the Very Vanilla card stock. I sponged the Very Vanilla card stock with Crumb Cake ink. I wrapped some Linen Thread around the left side of the layers. I attached the Cherry Cobbler card stock to the front of the Midnight Muse card. I took the stamp from Words of Courage Stamp Set; inked in Midnight Muse and stamped onto a piece of Very Vanilla card stock. I then cut it into a banner. I sponged the edges with Crumb Cake ink and attached it with Stampin' Dimensionals. I took the stamps from Words of Courage Stamp Set; inked it Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit and Cherry Cobbler. I stamped onto Very Vanilla card stock so I had three stars in each color. I placed 1/8 Mini Silver Brads on each star. I attached the stars with Stampin' Dimensionals. I then added some Pearl Basic Jewels to finish it off.

I
cut a piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock and ran it through the Big
Shot with the Argyle Embossing Folder. I cut a piece of Very Vanilla card stock and sponged the edges with Crumb Cake ink. I cut a piece of Summer Starfruit
card stock. I used the Scallop Trim Border Punch to punch one side of
the Summer Starfruit card stock. I took the stamp from Background
Builders Stamp Set; inked in Summer Starfruit and stamped onto the Summer Starfruit
card stock. I then sponged the edges with Summer Starfruit ink. I cut a
piece of Crumb Cake card stock. I took the stamp from Background
Builders Stamp Set; inked in Crumb Cake and stamped onto the Crumb Cake
ink. I sponged the edges with Crumb Cake ink. I wrapped a piece of Linen Thread around the layers then glued the Cherry Cobbler card stock to the inside.